Baking Powder Substitute & Salt ?

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  • August 15, 2019 at 9:36 am #17660
    Italiancook
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      For medical reasons, I don't bake with baking powder. I use a substitute. For 1 teaspoon, I use 1/4 teaspoon baking soda & 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar.

      Today, I made a Lemon Loaf Cake from Cook-Ahead Cookery. It doesn't call for salt. This was the first time I made it with the baking powder substitute. I became concerned that I needed salt to activate either the soda or the tartar. I didn't want to mess up a lovely recipe, but I threw in 1/8 teaspoon salt.

      Do either baking soda or cream of tartar need salt to work?

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      August 15, 2019 at 10:46 am #17665
      Mike Nolan
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        Baking soda is a base, cream of tartar is an acid, the liquid in the recipe is enough to activate them.

        However, what you wind up with is a single acting baking soda, so work quickly, because it doesn't have a second heat-activated leavening in it.

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